desuperheatv.
/diːˈs(j)uːpəhiːt/ transitive. To reduce the temperature of (superheated steam).
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1931 D. P. Craig & H. J. Anderson Steam Power viii. 201 It is often necessary to desuperheat steam when the pressure and temperature..are too high.
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deˈsuperheated adj.
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1959 C. D. Swift Steam Power Plants xvii. 429 The element which feels the desuperheated steam temperature must be carefully located.
deˈsuperheater n. an apparatus which desuperheats steam.
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1931 D. P. Craig & H. J. Anderson Steam Power viii. 201 A desuperheater is sometimes used as a feedwater heater.
1951 Engineering 23 Nov. 643/2 Steam..is passed through desuperheaters..which reduce the temperature to..above saturation.
deˈsuperheating n.
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1959 C. D. Swift Steam Power Plants xvii. 429 The desuperheating water must be broken up into a fine mist in order to get a large and intimate contact surface with the steam to be desuperheated.
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